Plato long ago pointed out the importance of being governed by men with sufficient sense of responsibility and comprehension of public duties… — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
The penalty that good men pay for not being interested in politics is to be governed by men worse than themselves. — Plato Copy Share Image
“above all, Locke’s transforming idea that government was established and maintained by the consent of the governed, in which all men had… — James MacGregor Burns Copy Share Image
“Utterly sure of himself, convinced of his power, certain that the laws that governed other men couldn't touch him, he made straight… — Alexandre Dumas Copy Share Image
“above all, Locke’s transforming idea that government was established and maintained by the consent of the governed, in which all men had… — James MacGregor Burns Copy Share Image
A fair day's wage for a fair day's work": it is as just a demand as governed men ever made of governing.… — Thomas Carlyle Copy Share Image
